Deborah Burger, RN, NNU Council of Presidents Helps Haiti Earthquake Victims
When the terrible earthquake struck Haiti, followed by a flood of media attention and global concern, RNs in America knew one thing: nurses would be in Haiti long after the TV cameras left.
RNRN Blog
National RN Relief Group Teams Up With Navy for Medical Mission to Haiti
The first team of registered nurse volunteers from California, Michigan, and Washington State will depart for Haiti Wednesday morning with the Department of Defense’s Continuing Promise, National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest organization of registered nurses, announced today.
RNRN Blog
Motivated by Katrina - National RN Response Network Launches
Vowing not to endure another year of government ineptitude in responding to human tragedy, the California Nurses Association (CNA) and its National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) will announce a national RN Response Network (RNRN), appealing to RNs nationwide to join a coordinated effort to quickly move nurses into areas like those devastated last year by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Press Release
Jan 1, 2011
Reflections of Katrina Nurses: Hope and Resolve - National Nurses Group Continues Work
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, countless numbers watched, and listened, to the growing chaos in disbelief. Thousands of registered nurses from across the nation, frustrated in their efforts to volunteer through government or private relief agencies turned to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association to do what they do best provide hands-on, front line care to the sick and injured.
Press Release
Jan 1, 2011
CNA/NNOC Nurse Volunteers Deployed To Southern California Firestorm
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has sent volunteer registered nurses through its Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) to Southern California to assist in responding to the spreading disaster created by wildfires in the region.
Press Release
Jan 1, 2011
Action Stirs In Face Of Wildfire Losses
Brian Merrel, a machinist at Metric Machine in Ontario, got an anxious call at work Oct. 22 from his wife, Amanda. "You'd better get home now. It's right behind us."
The Business Press
New Orleans Nurses Turn Home Into Clinic
The sign on the gate in front of the pretty blue house announced the good news to a neighborhood that has had little since Hurricane Katrina: "There's a doctor in the house. Make your appointment NOW!"
Associated Press
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses picket in a demand for more staff
Scores of nurses demonstrated in front of Watsonville Community Hospital Thursday, protesting what they say is the hospital's practice of employing so few nurses and medical assistants that patients are receiving substandard care.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Some Tampa Bay area nurses looking to unionize
In February, about 175 nurses rallied in Tallahassee, complaining that they often have too many patients to properly look after them all. Clad in red scrubs and coats, the nurses asked for a law creating specific nurse-patient ratios at health care facilities throughout the state.
St. Petersburg Tiimes
Watsonville RNs Hold Holiday Picket for Safer Patient Care
Dozens of Registered Nurses from Watsonville Community Hospital joined a holiday picket December 23 to protest patient care problems throughout the facility.
Press Release
Dec 23, 2010